Scooterboys

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Re: Scooterboys

I was part of the scooter scene for a brief period,went to the iow scooter rally,got drunk while watching a band called Colonel Kilgor's Vietnamese Formation Surf Team,crazy weekend!!

They had surf boards on the speaker cabs and bikini clad girls pretending to surf!

[rossobantam]

Re: Scooterboys

what a great name for a band!

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Re: Scooterboys

I was part of the scooter scene for a brief period,went to the iow scooter rally,got drunk while watching a band called Colonel Kilgor's Vietnamese Formation Surf Team,crazy weekend!!

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Scooterboys were and 80s offshoot of the Mod, skinhead and Northern Soul subcultures. They were typified by there Ratty Vespa or Lambretta scooters, which they customised with painted murals of events etc. On weekends, they'd often take these on huge rallies at seaside towns in the UK.Clothes worn by Scooterboys consisted of military combats, Ben Sherman shirts, leather or denim jackets (onto which they'd sew badges to show the scooters they owned or rallies they'd attended) and Doc Marten boots. They wore their hair in a flat-top, shaved or even in dreadlocks. Music tastes were Punk, Psycho-billy and Ska. There is still a presence today, but Scooterboys are now more commonly called Scooterists.

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